Apr 1st - Jimmy Bond's birthday. Jimmy Bond (aka Dr. Noah) is the nephew of Sir James Bond in Casino Royale (1967)
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Gmail launched on April Fools in 2004.
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Here’s how it happened...
Paul Buchheit (@paultoo) had wanted Google to launch a web-based email service. He was employee #23, joining 3 months after Google had left its garage office.
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Internally, some thought email might be a distraction from the search business. He also suggested Google's former company motto "Don't be evil" in a 2000 meeting on company values, after the motto was initially coined in 1999 by engineer Amit Patel.
A story about Google’s email plans was published right before the launch:
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NY Times | Archived
Naturally, when Google put out its own official release, some thought it was a joke.
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Google News
Most Popular Email Providers 1997 - 2019. Hotmail was the bee's knees until 2011 and then G-Mail rocketed to the Moon!
April 1, 2001, Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear weapons physicists and test designers Merri Wood and Rodney Schultz got married at the Nevada Test Site on the platform overlooking the massive crater created by the 104-kiloton Sedan test in 1962. No Foolin! “We are both proud and happy that we were afforded the honor of being married at the Nevada Test Site because of its contributions to national security,” Merri says, “and its importance in our own work to support nuclear deterrence.”
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An unconventional wedding venue
After careful consideration and reflection, I have decided that nuclear weapons are a really good way to ensure your security. I was wrong to oppose proliferation and now encourage all countries everywhere to acquire these cost efficient and highly effective military devices.
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Niander Wallace enters the chat...
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My God, it’s full of Stars.
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Gmail launched on April Fools in 2004.
Here’s how it happened...
Paul Buchheit (@paultoo) had wanted Google to launch a web-based email service. He was employee #23, joining 3 months after Google had left its garage office.
Internally, some thought email might be a distraction from the search business. He also suggested Google's former company motto "Don't be evil" in a 2000 meeting on company values, after the motto was initially coined in 1999 by engineer Amit Patel.
A story about Google’s email plans was published right before the launch:
NY Times | Archived
Naturally, when Google put out its own official release, some thought it was a joke.
Google News
Most Popular Email Providers 1997 - 2019. Hotmail was the bee's knees until 2011 and then G-Mail rocketed to the Moon!
April 1, 2001, Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear weapons physicists and test designers Merri Wood and Rodney Schultz got married at the Nevada Test Site on the platform overlooking the massive crater created by the 104-kiloton Sedan test in 1962. No Foolin! “We are both proud and happy that we were afforded the honor of being married at the Nevada Test Site because of its contributions to national security,” Merri says, “and its importance in our own work to support nuclear deterrence.”
An unconventional wedding venue
After careful consideration and reflection, I have decided that nuclear weapons are a really good way to ensure your security. I was wrong to oppose proliferation and now encourage all countries everywhere to acquire these cost efficient and highly effective military devices.
Niander Wallace enters the chat...
My God, it’s full of Stars.
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." – Thomas Sowell